Kaskade @ Commodore Ballroom, May 18, 2008

Kaskade is going to be in town on May 18, 2008 performing at the Commodore Ballroom. I like highly recommend everyone to show up and enjoy his performance.

History of the American DJ and Record Producer:

Kaskade moved to Salt Lake City in 1992 to attend the University of Utah. During this time he owned and operated a local record store, Mechanized Records. In May 2000, Kaskade moved to San Francisco and began working as an A&R assistant for Om Records. Releasing his first single “What I Say” on the label in 2001.[1]

In The Moment saw Kaskade’s first top 10 single with “Steppin’ Out” reaching #5 on Billboard Magazine’s Hot Dance Club Play chart and #6 on Dance Radio Airplay.[2] The fourth single to be released from the album, “Everything,” reached #1 on Billboard Magazine’s Hot Dance Club Play.[2]

Kaskade’s fourth solo album Love Mysterious was released in September 2006. The first single from the album, “Be Still”, reached #4 on Billboard Magazine’s Hot Dance Club Play.[2] The single features vocalist Sunsun, and includes remixes by Jay-J and Robbie Rivera. Follow up single “Stars Align” hit number #8 on “Billboard Magazine” Hot Dance Airplay chart and just missed the top ten, #11, on the Hot Dance Club Play chart. His third single released from “Love Mysterious”, “Sorry”, was his third consecutive top ten hit on Billboard’s Hot Dance Airplay Chart, at #9. Dirty South provided a remix for “Sorry.” The remix has been nominated for a 2008 Grammy for Best Remixed Recording. Although it is still a myth, many people believe that he may have taken his name from the Detroit band the Kaskades. Who broke up in late 2006, due to creative differences with then drummer Adam Moody

Purchase ticket to the show, click here.

New Home Depot In Town!

As I was talking about the new Home Depot on Cambie Street on my last post, the store has officially opened up this week with lots of great deals.

Inside the store, we have all the usual Home Depot set up. I was surprised that they have actually updated their website on the new store as well.

Click here for the link to new store

If you are interested to work at Home Depot, they are currently hiring a lot of new staffs. I found this job posting on their website. It is very interesting and I recommand everyone to browse around on their website.

http://jobb.jobline.se/getjob.asp?JobID=68942007&AVSDM=2008-02-24+13%3A50%3A00&Logo=0&brd=1&cy=CA&aj=Kanada

As you can see, I’ve also taken a picture of the Cambie street SkyTrain track. It is just a mess down there! I wonder when they will finish this project…

Emergency plan For Natural Disasters!

Today I had a great chance to enroll in a short 3hr course on the self-preparedness for natural disasters. We can’t prevent disasters from happening, but we can prepare to avoid suffering, minimize damage and come through the recovery period as quickly as possible. The following list contains the natural risks and other hazards regularly monitored by the British Columbia Provincial Emergency Program.

-Avalanche
-Backcountry accident
-Drought
-Earthquake
-Extreme weather
-Flood
-Hazardous material spill
-Infectious disease outbreak
-Landslide
-Storm surge
-Tsunami
-Volcanic eruption
-Wildfire

Find out more about these hazards in British-Columbia and how you can prepare if they turn into an emergency. Click on the underlined list above or explore other emergencies in the right column. You may want to print some of them out and keep them with your emergency plan or in your emergency kit.

http://getprepared.ca/_fl/guide/national_e.pdf

Sunshine after the Rain!

Last weekend, I had a chance to get out and take some pictures at Queen Elizabeth Park after the rainy storm on Sunday evening. It was a really cloudy day, we had lots of rain and it was also very windy too. I have uploaded the new pictures I took on my flickr page. Please feel free to comment on them and enjoy a different view of Vancouver!